The snake

Poison snake heart: or "snake", poisonous snakes and scorpions are famous poison, so in these two kinds of poison to describe man's poison.

A villainous hypocrite: Buddha is good, and the snake is venomous, it is described the population on sweet, vicious in the heart, is equal to "false".

Afraid of their own shadows: this is also describe people extreme fear of snake, is similar to"Bitten by the snakeOnce bitten, twice shy ".Is afraid of their own shadows in the history of a true story.Recorded according to the biography of the Book of Jin · yue, yue has a very intimate guests, yue asked him why so long didn't come to visit.The guest replied: "last time came, thank you to ask medrinking, just want to drink, see a snake in the glass, to the feeling of disgusting, became ill after drink this cup of wine."When yue sitting room walls hung with a cover the bow, bow of lacquer painting with a snake oil.Yue think snake is the Angle of guest glass GongYing shadow in the glass, so he sat in the last of the guests had the place to ask a guest to drink, ask guest said: "glass and have a what?"The guest replied: "are the same as last saw."Yue guang illustrates the reason to the guest, the guest questions be suddenly enlightened, immediately cured of the disease.Yue guest fear of snakes, to such a degree that seeing the "snake" of the glass is very sick for a long time, but once you understand the spurious "snake" is the shadow of a bow, however, serious illness soon.This vividly illustrates the snake in people's minds the image of the vicious.Later, afraid of their own shadows "is used to describe people paranoid, since all phase.

Startle: this idiom also tells a story.In ancient times there was a man called wang lu for dangtu, exploiting MinCai.Once somebody accused wang lu men to corrupt, and wang lu said the sentence: "though you mow grass, but I have like a frightened of snakes."Meaning while others accused wang lu men, but wang lu also warned myself.Visible "startle" metaphor is meant to punish someone, and a warning another, similar to scare.Metaphors work especially in the later investigation, investigation, action is not careful, making him a preparedness.

Dial the grass snake: find snakes always hide in the dark, such as grass, in order to find the snake, the grass from out at the end of the first."Dial the grass snake found the literal meaning of "similar" ultimately ", but it can also be used go looking for trouble, trouble.

Flush: and "grass snake found" a little approximation.Because snakes in hole, inconvenience to catch, so to find ways to snake hole derivation, to capture or kill again.And the "flush" is described to lure the enemy first fully exposed, with static braking, then to kill it.

Anticlimactic: metaphor work QianJinHouSong, begin well but end badly.Because tiger head, dark, and the snake's tail short.But "anticlimactic" originally described as a vicious, because the tiger bite her head, snake is content with the tail.

A suppressed local strongmen: outside although the dragon big strong, but in the face of small occupies in the right place when the snake, also have to make it three.The colloquial metaphor while powerful outside force, but fights only local power.

People are lack of snake swallow like: or for "the mamba swallow like".Legend has it that the ancient sichuan a snake, big big head, so that swallowing an elephant, after three years, places of bones just spit it out.Metaphor heart is insufficient, greedy afternoon will have no respite, push your luck, the mountain looked at the mountains high.

Gild the lily: snake is no feet reptile, draw a snake and should put on foot, it's not reinvent the wheel?That is the case.According to the "ce" records, chu gave his hangers-on have a pot of wine.The public discussion to the said: "everyone is not only a pot of wine, drink is not enough, one drink and drink not over;Not everyone draw a snake on the ground, first draw good people to drink."There is a public good, his snake first he get hip flask was about to drink, to see others have not finished, so the line with his left hand holding wine, her right hand to the branches, said: "I on foot for snake."He has not yet been successful, another person well, his snake wine taken out of his hand: "snakes have no feet, how can you to draw it on the foot?"Say that finish, take the wine to drink.This story for the public not to drink the wine is adding feet to the snake's punishment for nothing find.Later with "gild the lily.

Turtle turtle road, there is a snake snake way: turtle is crawling with their feet, although snakes have no feet, but it also has its own way, even though both way different, but can crawl.The colloquial metaphor each have each way, each have each way of life or the pursuit of goals.

Fluency BiZouLongShe: snake wound and winding.Metaphor brushwork is fluent, is like a snake dance, handwriting vigorous and free and easy, similar to a while;It can also be used flow smoothly, quick-minded, writing speed, like flowing.

Poor penmanship: from "the Book of Jin biography of wang xizhi, described the lack of strength and vigour of calligraphy.

Demonology: source of tu mu in the tang dynasty the chang-ji li song poetry Syria, used to describe the poem illusory bizarre.Later, this idiom means change, generally refers to a variety of exhaustive.The cultural revolution, it has become one of the most frequently used idiom.

The "snake" couplets

Send xi xia ying preached naked steed hin Ming verses when it is describe the steed galloping, xia spread wildly.Sing praises of the new millennium.

Their hair battle sword down a peg or two, buddhas how ear yi jiang xiang means, tortoise snake cloud what this is su shi to guangzhou is a guanque tower a pair of couplets.Is zhenwu Taoist belief in god, the god of the legend for the tortoise, snake for humanoid figures, after wearing hair battle sword, foot turtle snake.Su shi is very great zhenwu male wuwei fierce.

A figure surprised snake in the grass disorderly order before sweeping leaves busy writing this is the famous painter qi baishi topic Guo Weiqu drawing of a pair of couplets.Qi baishi praised Guo Weiqu painting momentum well here, surprised snake in deep grass flurry, the wind blew leaves, picture is fluent, lively.

Jade python Fang Shu miles round colt to the next level of god it is take the snake's elegant, horse racing.This couplet motivating positive.

Measures to dance every dance show red horse pentium wanhu spring measures, beautiful mountains, energizes, good pack charming spring scenery.